Improvement in shade-holders for lamps



.J. W. LYON.

Lamp Shade.

Patented Mar. .2

N.FETERS. PHOTD Ui'HUGRAPfiER, WASHINGTON, D. C.

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J'A-MES'W. LYON; or BROOKLYN; new 011K,

Letters Patent No. 113,181, dated March 28, 1871; antedated March18,1871.

IMPROVEMENT m sHAoE-HoLoERs FOR LAMP-S.

The Schedule referred to ln'these Letters IlFatent and part of the same.

To all whom it may concern sition relative to the burner.

My invention consists; in combining, with the c'en-' tral support,jointed supportingarms, each arm having two joihts, and attached to thecentral support by short rigid arms projecting from the central support,the donble-jointed arms enabling the shade-holder to be adjusted todifferent sizes of shades, and to holding the shade higher or lower, asmay be desired.

Figurel of the drawing represents my improved' shade-holder'as attachedto a lamp.

Figure 2, a plan view of fig. 1.

Letter it represents the central support made of sheet metal.

l), the hinge. V r

o, the short fixed arms riveted to the central support.

I d d, the jointed arms connected with each other and with the shortarms d by the rivet-joints e.

The hinged central support a is made to clasp the neck of the lamp withelastic pressure, in order to compensate for slight variations of size,and to grasp the neck firmly. v

i To this end the sheet metal of central support is bentout at the ends,as shown at f and g, to form a.

sort of spring-hasporaclasp, the part 9 having a slot, h, cut in it topermit the passage of thebutton i, by

v which "it is secured. and to hold them, as desired, in a higheror-lower po- The button t is formed upon a swivel-stem, which passesthrough the partfian'd'is riveted so as to turn freely in aho'l'ein thefixed short arm 0.

The dotted lines in fig. 1 represent a change of position of the arms.

I claim as my invention and improvement in shadeholders for lamps.-

- In combination witha' central support. the doublehinged or jointedarms, whereby the shade-holder can be adjusted to different sizes anddifferent elevations ot' shades, as desired. JAMES W. LYON.

Witnesses F. (J. TREADWELL,JI.,

JOSEPH CAMPBELL,

